IMC 2003: Sessions
Session 711: Religion and Culture
Tuesday 15 July 2003, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | University of Wales Press |
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Organiser: | Duncan Campbell, University of Wales Press, Cardiff |
Moderator/Chair: | Denis Renevey, Universités de Fribourg & Genève |
Paper 711-a | Deadly Sisters: Chaucer's Man of Law's Tale and the Albina Myth (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Sexuality, Women's Studies |
Paper 711-c | Margery Kempe and the Prophetic Tradition (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Sexuality, Women's Studies |
Abstract | This session examines the ways in which the representation of gender in Middle English texts articulates the intersections between religion and culture in the period. Dealing with a variety of texts, from mystical writings to origin narratives, the papers discuss: the connections between Chaucer's Man of Law's Tale and the Albina myth of the monstrous feminine origins of Britain; the representations of the body, both physical and textual, in mystical writings; and the textual strategies of Margery Kempe in relation to late medieval religio-poitical traditions. |